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. >>> the pentagon is facing massive budget cuts in the coming weeks and if congress fails to act, a series of cuts will be made to the u.s. military's defense capabilities. >> reporter: during a fall debate, president obama said the is quester, quote, will not happen. but now his white house was saying domestic programs will be cut 9% and military programs will be cut 13% this year. unless congress takes action. >> putting our fiscal house in order calls for a balanced approach and not indiscriminate cuts that can have a severe impact our military preparedness. >> reporter: for the balanced approach, republicans think they gave a lot of ground during fiscal cliff negotiations, a spokesman for speaker boehner said the president got the higher taxes on the wealthy last month with no corresponding cuts. the tax issue is resolved and spends is the problem still. meanwhile, military leader are sounding the alarm. >> instead of being a first- rate power in the world, we turn into a second-rate power. that would be the result of the sequester. >> reporter: the white house said tell be to f
. >>> the pentagon is facing massive budget cuts in the coming weeks and if congress fails to act, a series of cuts will be made to the u.s. military's defense capabilities. >> reporter: during a fall debate, president obama said the is quester, quote, will not happen. but now his white house was saying domestic programs will be cut 9% and military programs will be cut 13% this year. unless congress takes action. >> putting our fiscal house in order calls for a balanced...
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government agencies will see it if this happens again with the pentagon. you mentioned taxes. the president has proposed this week as part of his deal to avoid the cuts dealing with some of the tax loopholes that certain companies and individuals have used as part of his offer in trying to make this happen. republicans do not seem to be buying it so far. host: we talked about disclosures earlier. some other items that will not be affected by defense sequestration. no pink slips for active guard or reserve military personnel. no reductions in pay for military personnel. no immediate program terminations. the funding for the war in afghanistan continues. that to the phones. steve in indiana on our line for independents. caller: i firmly believe in sequestration. it was put there so that government will not shirk its duties and not pass a budget. if we keep on giving the military money and they keep on flowing these things, these intelligence failures, -- they keep on flowing these things -- blowng these things. stop paying protesters to incite to violence and disrupt secular ara
government agencies will see it if this happens again with the pentagon. you mentioned taxes. the president has proposed this week as part of his deal to avoid the cuts dealing with some of the tax loopholes that certain companies and individuals have used as part of his offer in trying to make this happen. republicans do not seem to be buying it so far. host: we talked about disclosures earlier. some other items that will not be affected by defense sequestration. no pink slips for active guard...
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printing resumed after world war ii and the pentagon has published it regularly ever since on paper and online. our soldiers got the news 95 years ago today. and now you know the news for this friday, snow apocalypse friday february the 8th, 2013. we are keeping close watch on two stories. the hunt for the cop killer on the west coast, the snow apocalypse on the east coast. we are here for you throughout the night. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i believe i heard you saying. >> yes i, did. >> did you say [bleep] me? >> bill: reacting to gross disrespect angry florida judge sentenced 18-year-old to 30 days in jail for cursing him. now there is a new turn in this case. we'll tell you all about it. >> we believe dorner shot and killed monica quan and keith lawrence while they sat in a vehicle in a parking structure. >> former l.a. police officer murders three innocent people and some folks are on the internet are actually applauding that. a shocking situation which geraldo will analyze. >> this is just another hack who wants 5 minutes on tv. he should shut up. >> bill: new
printing resumed after world war ii and the pentagon has published it regularly ever since on paper and online. our soldiers got the news 95 years ago today. and now you know the news for this friday, snow apocalypse friday february the 8th, 2013. we are keeping close watch on two stories. the hunt for the cop killer on the west coast, the snow apocalypse on the east coast. we are here for you throughout the night. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i believe i heard...
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the impact is going to be fairly dramatic to some of the employees, civilian employees of the pentagon and some other places. the 85 billion in cuts is through the rest of the fiscal year through september 30th and we're not even talking a full year. it's 50/50 between the defense cuts and the discretionary am doestic spending cuts and the warnings that we're hearing from experts on national security are very severe and vehement. they have told us that this will be a very significant damage. >> let's put the list up here, alex. the white house put out this fact sheet yesterday on the most damaging effects of the cuts that are supposed to go into effect march 1st. 17,000 education jobs at risk. 70,000 kids being kicked off head start. nearly 400,000 mentally ill patients not receiving health care and small business loan guarantees being cut up to $540 million, roughly. the white house did not mention the massive military cuts. what was the strategy there? >> well, look. i think that for the white house, the strategy here is to emphasize that basically every american would be impacted in
the impact is going to be fairly dramatic to some of the employees, civilian employees of the pentagon and some other places. the 85 billion in cuts is through the rest of the fiscal year through september 30th and we're not even talking a full year. it's 50/50 between the defense cuts and the discretionary am doestic spending cuts and the warnings that we're hearing from experts on national security are very severe and vehement. they have told us that this will be a very significant damage....